Economic forces and practice changes are leading more and more hospitals to integrate with physicians in order to improve efficiency, drive quality, and better prepare for value-based payments. In this 30-minute program, we draw from presentations at 2010 Leadership Conferences to help your organization develop a successful integration strategy. More Info
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The Governance Institute gathered two groups of board members, CEOs, CNOs, CFOs, CMOs/VPMAs, and other hospital leaders at the May 2010 Leadership Conference for a unique focus group discussion on hospital/health system efforts to reduce hospital admissions. The discussion included health reform and payment implications of hospital readmissions for certain conditions, the patient experience post-discharge, and strategies to improve the patient experience after the patient leaves the hospital. More Info
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Are independent hospitals and smaller health systems in danger of becoming extinct? The complexity and economics of the healthcare industry, coupled with the harsh reality that “life as we’ve known it” is not sustainable, have made this question a high priority for many healthcare organizations. More specifically, healthcare reform; limited access to capital; expensive technology requirements; competition from other health systems and your own physicians; and the necessity of sophisticated management to deal with reimbursement, cost-cutting, and regulatory challenges are just some of the pressures stimulating intense discussions among boards, executives, and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems. More Info
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In March of this year, after months of heated debate, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 were enacted into law. The Act is a massive piece of legislation that addresses a broad range of issues affecting the U. S. healthcare system. Included amongst its provisions are modifications to the existing federal Stark and fraud and abuse laws. More Info
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Metaphorically speaking, a burning platform is a change issue that impels an organization to radically rethink the way it does business. Previous special sections described the forces of change that brought the healthcare industry to the burning platform on which it now rests. This special section focuses on the extent to which those forces of change have been addressed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the healthcare reform legislation President Obama signed into law this spring. More Info
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This roundtable, facilitated by James A. Rice, Ph.D., vice chairman of The Governance Institute, at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, CA, is part III of a series centering on the importance of physician relationships and hospital–physician alignment as it applies to an organization’s strategic vision, the varying degrees of physician alignment, whether or not health reform will drive hospitals and physicians closer, and the roles of leadership. More Info
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The health reform bill and related provisions included in budget reconciliation, recently passed into law, present new challenges to hospitals and health systems, including new payment and delivery system programs for hospitals and physicians to reduce costs and improve quality. How will these changes affect the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors? More Info
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Most hospitals and healthcare systems recognize the value physicians bring to the governing body, by enhancing the board’s knowledge of clinical matters and by fostering communications and trust with the medical staff. In turn, many medical staffs believe it is essential for boards to include physicians who can ensure the board is aware of and responsive to patient care and medical staff issues. More Info
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This roundtable, facilitated by Pamela R. Knecht, president of ACCORD LIMITED and Governance Advisor at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, is part II of a series centering on the importance of physician relationships and hospital–physician alignment as it applies to an organization’s strategic vision, the varying degrees of physician alignment, whether or not health reform will drive hospitals and physicians closer, and the roles of leadership to which physicians belong. More Info
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This roundtable, facilitated by Governance Institute Vice Chairman, James A. Rice, Ph.D., FACHE and Barry Bader, President, Bader & Associates and Governance Advisor at The Ritz-Carlton Naples in Naples, Florida, centered on the importance of physician relationships and hospital–physician alignment as it applies to an organization’s strategic vision, the varying degrees of physician alignment, whether or not health reform will drive hospitals and physicians closer, and the roles of leadership to which physicians belong. More Info
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